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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Swine Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Immunization, Health Insurance Cost, Flu
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Editorial: Ban On Studying Gun Violence Should Be Lifted
In 1997, a craven Congress, doing the bidding of the pro-gun lobby, withdrew funding used for gun-violence research by federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That ban on funding — and similar prohibitions in a few...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Disease Prevention, Science and Technology, Research, Health and Safety at School
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Is your doctor getting enough sleep?
HealthWaking up in the middle of the night to work is hard, but it’s much more difficult when you’re dealing with matters of life and death. I remember those days when my father was going through his residency program. When he was working overnight,... -
Business People - Dec. 2
Parkway Neuroscience and Spine Institute Dr. Peter Campbell is the newest neurosurgeon at Parkway Neuroscience and Spine Institute in Hagerstown. He joins fellow neurosurgeons John R. Caruso, Brian Holmes, Neil Patrick O’Malley and Michael G....
Tags: Real Estate, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Science and Technology, University of Notre Dame, Health and Safety at School
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In Theory: Are cell towers a part of God's call?
Churches have long been places where people have communicated with God, but these days cellphone companies are hoping to use them to make communicating with your friends and family easier. In the constant battle to expand cellphone coverage without facing...Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Human Interest, Religion and Belief, T-Mobile
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Marijuana policy bears no relation to the drug's actual risks or benefits
The national debate over legalizing marijuana should be guided as much as possible by facts ("Stirring the pot," Nov. 12). Although marijuana is listed by the DEA as a "Schedule 1" drug — the same category as heroin — the notion that...Tags: Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Heroin
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Should genetically modified foods be labeled?
Several dozen activists rallied at the state Capitol on Wednesday for a bill that would require labeling of any food made with genetically modified ingredients. The activists say that consumers have a right to know what they’re eating. California...
Tags: The Washington Post, Genetic Engineering
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Wellness blog serves as voice of hospital, library wellness partnership
Jean Pfefferkorn, a Howard County Public Library staff member, posted an online item about a week ago on seasonal affective disorder, which carries symptoms ranging from increased appetite to suicidal thoughts. Dr. George Groman, a cardiologist at Johns...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Obesity, Health and Safety at School, Conservation, Social Media
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Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic
For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F....
Tags: First Aid, Health Insurance Cost, Epidemics and Plagues, Donna F. Edwards, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Cupholders Take on Starbucks' Trenta Size
KickingTiresIn 2011, after finding some two-thirds of iced-beverage customers already pony up the stomach capacity for a Venti, Starbucks introduced its Trenta size ??? a 31-ounce tribute to America's appetite for 1,000-watt stereos, quadruple burgers and Cowboys...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Computer Hardware, Volvo, Manufacturing and Engineering, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Demings raises big (and spends big) in Webster race
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON — In most congressional races, it’s rare if a challenger raises more money than the incumbent. But in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, that role reversal has become the norm, as Democrat Val Demings repeatedly has beaten... -
Almost one in 3 Virginians can't understand basic health information
psalasky@dailypress.com | 757-247-4784 Low health literacy is costing the health care system more than $300 billion annually, according to the American Medical Association. When almost one third of patients can't understand basic health information, can'...
Tags: Ear Infection, General Practitioners, U.S. Department of Education, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School
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